Duchess Kate takes baby Prince George for his ‘first royal crawl-about’ on New Zealand royal tour playdate

Kate Middleton and Prince George's Kiwi ‘first royal crawl-about’

U.K. newspapers were boasting of little Prince George’s “first royal crawl-about” and “very advanced” development as the eight-month-old baby had his first official playdate during a royal tour of New Zealand.

The Wellington playdate at Government House, the home of the country’s governor-general, included a group of ten parents and babies similar in age to the Prince, arranged by Plunket, a national not-for-profit that provides care for children and families.

And breaking news: the little prince has four teeth and was apparently teething during the visit.

Sheila and Soani Lemali were at the visit with their young son TagiiLima. They told U.K. paper the Mirror that:

“Prince William said he supported his wife by giving George his bottle at night and putting him to bed. I was very nervous because this was my first time experience meeting
royalty.

“I feel very special. Different children develop differently but George is very advanced for his age. He was crawling and wanting to walk in an advanced way — more so than my son who is younger than him.

“George is almost trying to walk — he can pull himself up and he is almost there.”

Another onlooker told the Daily Mail that George was “quite a bruiser.”

According to the Telegraph,George has just started sleeping through the night.

It was reportedly Prince George’s first large group of kids his age — he even had one baby take away his plastic block, but the Express said he also “made a little girl called Paige Stevens cry after taking a wooden doll from her.” Prince William seemed more impressed, saying “It’s madness, there are babies everywhere!”

Another couple shrugged off any royal privilege, saying “at the end of the day it comes back to the fact that we are first time parents.”

Fashion blog What Kate Wore reported that the Duchess’ dress was by a new designer, American Tory Burch; the $450, pleated-and-fringed frock has already sold out on Net-A-Porter.

Plunket wrote on Facebook that “here is our special message for Prince George in his very own Well Child book as an honorary Plunket baby” that he would soon be moving from soft mashed foods to finger foods, and learning to drink from a cup. “It can be a messy but fun time in your life.”

On Thursday, Kate and William were due to visit with veterans and meet with New Zealand’s prime minister.